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Seems like common sense. In this day and age of internet access, smart phones and tablets with constant connectivity, going to the library is pretty antiquated and quaint. When was the last time most CD users went to their local library and checked out a book, much less use their encyclopedia to do research? I much prefer e-books on my tablet for entertaining reading, and google/wiki as a starting point for research. This is 2015 (well, in a few hours), not 1950. If anything, spend cut the library funding and do more to support low-cost internet connectivity.
Today. I love the library, and my city has an amazing library.
But the idea that the library should get an automatic 4% increase every year is nuts. They should budget each year and see what their needs actually are, and also examine if there are places they can add user fees for some activities.
As an independent conservative, I lost my use and respect for the Tea Party a long time ago. Stories like this reiterate for me that the movement has been hijacked by morons.
This is "fiscal conservatism is our premise" gone too far. I'm also glad I don't live in Kentucky anymore...
What does this have to do with the 'Tea Party'? There is not one mention of the 'Tea Party' in this article.
However, this is a problem that has raised concern in other states as well, and that is the ability of states to raise property taxes automatically year after year, simply by raising the rates. People have complained.
I don't know how they are going to resolve this issue with the library, but I think this mirrors the problem I mentioned in other states. Automatic tax increases are a problem. They are subject to abuse, and are especially a problem when incomes are down, people's hours have been cut to 30/wk, yet states and municipalities feel they can still raise tax rates with no vote of the people.
Most people would agree with you, but 20 years ago people would have also agreed that the big, curly corded phone receiver at their home felt better than some little flat match box size cell phone.
For talking, I prefer a landline phone (cordless). The tone quality of the cellphones I have and had are annoying... a high, tinny-sound.
As an independent conservative, I lost my use and respect for the Tea Party a long time ago. Stories like this reiterate for me that the movement has been hijacked by morons.
This is "fiscal conservatism is our premise" gone too far. I'm also glad I don't live in Kentucky anymore...
"We ain't need no fancy-pants book learnin' 'round these parts anyways!"
That's one of the main reasons why the eastern third of Kentucky rivals the Mississippi Delta and the Indian reservations for the worst quality of life in the United States.
But since you are attributing this to the Tea Party despite it having already been mentioned that the Tea Party had nothing to do with this, isn't the reality of the situation here that you are the one attempting to dumb down America? I mean, what else could you call knowingly presenting facts and history in a dishonest way for political gain? You're deliberately misinforming people. How is that not purposely dumbing down America?
That's one of the main reasons why the eastern third of Kentucky rivals the Mississippi Delta and the Indian reservations for the worst quality of life in the United States.
I have found that it is often those who live in inexpensive rural areas with low incomes
and statistically "worst quality of life" who are generally happier people than their
urban/suburban counterparts living in dog-eat-dog metros who dread even waking
up in the morning to work in their cubicles and beaurocracies just to drive back home
to their matchbox homes in characterless subdivisions for for supper, tv and bed.
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Huge Tea Party effort in Kentucky could cripple its libraries
